Kingsbury Water Park.

It was off to Kingsbury Water Park in Warwickshire today even though when I set off it was very misty and foggy but I took  a chance anyway, which was a good decision because when the sun eventually came up it was a lovely day.
 
Highlight of the day was seeing c.200 Shoveler on the lake who were all together in one big circle and that was without the c.100 Shoveler who also flew overhead and the the other Shoveler who were scattered about the other pools. A close second to that was seeing c.150 Redwing feasting among the Rowan trees. It was also nice to see a Green Woodpecker at the exact location I've seen one twice before, like I say it was nice to see it even though it was being aggressively harassed by a male Blackbird. With the leaves fallen from most trees you could see a lot more songbirds today, which was nice. I also saw Collared Doves on two occasions today which was a nice treat because it's a great little bird which you don't see everytime you go out birding.

There was also a couple of sorry sights today, the first one being seeing a male Mallard with a broken wing, which is hard to see when there's nothing you can do about it, secondly it was seeing a one legged Mallard, saying that I saw him last year so he must be coping with his 'disability', thirdly it was seeing a on legged Moorhen, it was terrible to see it struggling to hop about especially when it is a 99% chance it was caused by some discarded fishing line from a selfish 'fisherman', which when I spoke to a Ranger he told me was an all to common problem here with everything from Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Mallards, Great Crested Grebe and Water Rails all coming to harm thanks to the 'fisherman'. He was also telling me of all the work that's been done to attract Barn Owls, and Bats to this location will all be undone thanks to the destruction of this land when the HS2 is built and there will be 200mph trains tear arsing through this wonderful natural location and there's also the large number of Swans, Ducks and Geese who regularly fly through here especially at dawn and dusk, being as I'm on the subject of this terrible 'HS2 Project', if you want to get somewhere quicker just get up a little earlier, it's not rocket science, still it's just like anything else if the government want it they'll have it, all parties are the same once their noses are in the trough they only ever care about themselves.

Anyway, rant over, birds seen today were Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Starling, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing, Jay, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Shoveler, Wigeon, Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Tufted Duck, Pekin Duck, Mallard, Greylag Goose and Canada Goose.